Marya Stark

Bio:

Marya is a founder and the founding Executive Director of Emerge America, the premier training program for Democratic women who want to run for public office, with programs in 23 states. She currently co-chairs Emerge New York and is a social impact advisor with Wellville.

Earlier this year, in a little remarked upon episode, the nation was exposed to how differently men and women politicians are treated in media. In September, Senator John McCain was showered with accolades after he voted against his party’s attempt to repeal Obamacare and urged his peers to espouse cross-party conciliation. McCain’s Johnny-Come-Lately stake in the ground came, however, in the wake of the consistent, longer-standing, and defiant intra-party opposition of two other Republican Senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who were motivated, in part by their pro-choice stance.